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The Spies in the Skies

Law enforcement agencies have used aircraft for decades to conduct surveillance, but modern radio, camera, and electronics technology has dramatically expanded the power and scope of police surveillance capabilities.

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The #DNCLeak may go down in American political history as the start of computer hacking as a tactic, the same way that the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate introduced television, and the 2006 "macaca" video of Fmr. Sen. George Allen introduced YouTube to the political scene.

Police departments around the country have responded to the killings of officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge earlier this month by arresting citizens for making threats and posts sympathetic to the shooters on social media.

WASHINGTON (NSP) — An audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Threat Prioritization by the Office of the Inspector General revealed the agency has most recently relied on “gut checks” when determining the priority of a cyber threat.

SYRIA (NSP) — Multiple reports of civilian casualties are flooding in from the town of Manbij in Northern Syria as the US trained Syrian Arab Coalition (SAC) attempts to liberate the ISIL-occupied territory, according to reports from watchdog groups.

Minneapolis (NSP) - The Minnesota State Patrol has purchased the first Cirrus surveillance aircraft in partnership with UTC Aerospace Systems and FLIR Systems Inc., according to a report by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.